Glaciologists have speculated that subglacial floods might lead to increased ice flow rates, altering Antarctica's mass balance and contribution to sea-level rise. Now, observations from Byrd Glacier in East Antarctica firmly link a subglacial flood to a 10% speed up of the glacier.
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Fricker, H. Water slide. Nature Geosci 1, 809–810 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo367
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